Cockney
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COCKNEY
= RHYMING SLANGTHE
BROAD BEAN = THE QUEEN

Cockneys
are "working-class" inhabitants of London. But according
to tradition, the strict definition is limited to those born
within earshot
(generally taken to be three miles) of the Bow bells, in
other words the bells of St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside.

Formerly
it included the City, Bethnal Green, Stepney, Shoreditch,
Whitechapel, Finsbury, and Hackney although according to the
legend of Dick Whittington,
the bells could be heard from as far away as Highgate. Rhyming slang
developed as a way of obscuring the meaning of sentences to
those who did not understand
the slang. It was developed intentionally to assist criminals or to
maintain a particular community. Cockney speakers have a distinctive
accent and
dialect, and frequently use Cockney rhyming slang.